Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-24
!, :, STERN MEN IN NEW YORK,
The Attractions of City That VIII
Outshine London or Paris.

The Attractions of a City Thae VIII
Outshine London or Paris'
Nrw YORK. March 19.-"It is curious
n note" said a weil-known Wall stsseI
banker. the other day, "noW many west
orn men of wealth have within lew
roors taken I'D their residence in New
Work. There is no place like New
York. say what they Will. III IS uesIlueu
- outshine London or Paris. la the next
w il Will have population OF
IN 900 60O or more. The ladies have much
20 10 with the hegira OF Western million
sjras to New York and of well-known
nan in professional life, including, Tor In
storce. GOV. HOadlV, OF ONO, who mas
ooroa here to practice law. The ladies'
az 70 saratoga or Newport in the summer,
ana meet New York people of wealth,
VINO iuyue them to the city, ana once
here they are soon in Inc swirl OF
fashion, They want the most recherche
toilets. the finest silks, the most eNpen-
sIye laces. and hundred otner luXurles
If dress. including nameless reutIements
of lingerie. A month or two OF New York
TaalIS settles the matter. They are dls.
satisfied On returning home, ana soon
thev are again in New York. A brown
etona mansion must be- bought or il is
hsdes on earth for the sold man." There
,nust he horses and carriages, liyeried
ooachmep and fOotman in top boots; there
must be balls and receptions ana Kettle
drums and round OF revelry until the
old man is halt distracted. But What can
he do? He has millions and has to pay
the Depalty. OF course there are good
MANY " estern millonaires who care next
In nothing about New York, but the num-
hn u "A WhOaa faml.
lies care, is increasing, and the fact Is in
disnutable that New York is not only the
commercial but the social capital of the
republic -.
John W. MacKay, the bonanza king,
who once swung a pick IN mine, and
ybo is now worth $40,00O,00O, alternates
&ween New York and San Francisco,
Init his wife seems 10 care little for New
York. and lives most Of the time in Paris
or London. In New York Mr.. Mackay
can usually be found at the Nevada Bank,
In which he owns half the stock. James
c. Flood, another bonanza magnate, sell
dom comes mere; he is President OF the
Nevada Bank and lives in San Francisco.
He aud Mackay and OBrien were once
iiOuOr sellers. as Is well known. None of
them was ever fitted for any social dis
tinctiOn. and the millions of the surVlV-
ing TWO sit with no very great grace
upon them, though they are esteemed
for some solid traits of character.
All of these men set out from New York
for the golden fields Of adventure in Cali
tornIa, but all were OF Irish birth, as was
also James q. Fair, the other bonanza
king, who seems to have proved himself
the ablest of the four as well as the best
educated. tbs curious fact that four
poor and frlendless lrishmen captured
ba lOnJo nF 1ba hundred mil
lions taken from famous mines of the
Comstock lode. Mackay is the only one
who has become more or less known So
cialy in New York, He feels the de-
ficiencles of education and does not as
pre- to social prominence. There are
many men here who won fortunes in the
West, though they were born at the East.
G. =. Huntington has lived here for many
years, lie Is worth $50, O00,O 900 and lives
IN fine style on Park avenue.
His social standing is not high.
lie is a man of rugged nature, q natural
eader and in his Goth year. Engrossed
I great enterprises, he cares little or
othing for society. Senator Leland
tantOrd comes here quite frequently.
is worth $40 900, 900, even after setting
side $lOOOO,O00 for an industrial univer-
ty on his 5000 acre ranch in California.
g has some tine traits. NOmore benefi-
mt plan could have occurred to any man
liberal views for disp0sing OF fortune
r the benefit Of others than the Stanford
olege for Practical Education In some
her respects he seems to be devoid of
II moral sense. AS President of the
entral Pacific Railroad Company he
TIRED up a cloud of suspicion concern.
~ special legislation at Washington.
te will probably never feel the grip OF the
lon
rises: Is he morally much
etter than Jake Sharp? Charles
rocker lives here. He is second Vice
resident OF the Central Pacific road,
nd Is worth ten or fifteen millions. He
now about %. He IL a native of Ohio,
ND went to Sacramento In the early DAYS
the mining excitement. Once upon a
tine he was blacksmith, and used to
est up at O'clock in the morning to
srlke tne sounding forge. Railroads gave
IAN MS millions. ID. ., Mills, who made
most Oh MS fortune in California, has
lVed mere for about fifteen years. He used
% 0rlVe hack In small town up the
Hudson river. He went West and became
associated with William G. Ralston, that
financial meteor OF California, in the or
sanitation OF the California Bank, which
vas 70 come down With crash and
utlVe Ralston to a suicides death. Soon
after coming to New York MIR. Mills was
ADVISED by William Ii. Vanderbilt to buy
u, LAKE shore. He did Sc and made nearly
ts,'VVVUOO, with which he erected tho
Nils Building. He made his money in
iailFoads, mining and banks. Senator
1oRn +. Jones, OF Nevada, is often seen
IN New York. He made We or SIX mil
ious IN California mines and lost il try
Wk 10 become railroad magnate. John
", Mackay has helped MIN, and it is I'M
SIeIStOod that he has got on his feet again
avery through mining speculations. He
,S al Engllshman, 50 years of age, and by
% a%hvure' perhaps, more OF politician than
BUSINESS man. His term in the United
AA'Ntes senate will not expire till 1891.
nllohg the CalitoTnians more or less sue
v yoSsiul VINO have settled here in recent
las oaI are William Lent, Eugene Dewey,
Uame9 Il. keene, happening, Il. G. Lo-
G1"H' merry Rosener, john w. Shaw,
VnSu beiden, Frank Corcoran, ID. f.
I,SSiiuehal, George ID. Robertson, Glenn
SUuief' D. II. Williams, ali of whom have
80 al interesting career OF excitements
hno 9pecuIRtl0n, when every body from
ooto,acks and servant girls upward
Is,. ialeu IN mining shares, and OF grim
sayya a u new mining towns with their
hase appetite tor blood and man for
OSCAR Wnror1uu.. D.